Roßbürg Castle

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Roßbürg Castle
Alternative name (s): Rosseburg
Creation time : probably at the beginning of the 14th century, first mentioned in 1345
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Castle stable, moat and wall remains
Place: Wallhausen- Rossburg
Geographical location 49 ° 13 '59.8 "  N , 10 ° 5' 13.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '59.8 "  N , 10 ° 5' 13.4"  E
Height: 469  m above sea level NN
Roßbürg Castle (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Roßbürg Castle

The castle Roßbürg , even horses Burg called, is an Outbound Wasserburg in Weiler Roßbürg the municipality Wallhausen in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

The moated castle of the tower hill castle (Motte) type was first mentioned in 1345 as "Rosseburg" and was bought in 1354 by the lords of Wollmershausen, who temporarily lived in it at the beginning of the 15th century. Parts of Asbach, Kühnhard, Limbach and Schönbronn belonged to the castle. In 1449 the castle was destroyed in the city war. Today's Burgstall still shows the remains of the moat and wall.

literature

  • Alois Schneider: The castles in the Schwäbisch Hall district - an inventory . ( Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg , Volume 18). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1228-7 , pp. 270-271.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Former castles at pro-region.de
  2. ↑ Roßbürg at leo-bw.de